Participation

Since the beginning of the survey, 434 Child with Disability caregivers have participated in RAPID.

Demographics

Age

Income

Income is presented in thousands of dollars per year.

p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction
income.cat statistic p.value
< 20k 57.42 < .001
20k-40k 0.51 > .999
40k-60k 0.58 > .999
60k-80k 11.32 .005
80k-100k 3.79 .258
100k-150k 4.89 .162
150k-200k 3.54 .258
200k+ 0.53 > .999

Poverty

p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction
poverty_cat statistic p.value
Above 1.5 x FPL 79.14 < .001
Below 1.5 x FPL 79.14 < .001

Employment

Employment change

p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction
employment_change statistic p.value
Became Employed 5.96 .028
Became Unemployed 6.02 .028
Stable Employed 11.79 .002
Stable Other 15.45 < .001
Stable Unemployed 11.91 .002

Race

Ethnicity

p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction
latinx_cat statistic p.value
non-Latinx 0.54 .927
Latinx 0.54 .927

Single parent households

p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction
single_cat statistic p.value
Dual parent 20.11 < .001
Single parent 20.11 < .001

Mental health

Caregiver

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Correlates of

Test

Significance of linear model using variable to predict mental health within Child with Disability caregivers
Variable Within group Difference between group and sample
material_hardship .030 .523
work_status .026 .282
income.cat .015 .077
single .886 .946
age .383 .864
race_ethnic .027 .257
poverty_cat .983 .614

Figures (within sample)

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Figures (between sample)

Anxiety

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Depression

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Stress

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Loneliness

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Child

Values represent the difference between a caregiver’s response for the past week and their “baseline” or retrospective report of this variable pre-pandemic.

On average

Over time

Material hardship

Overall

Types of hardship

t-tests comparing hardship across groups. p-values adjusted for multiple comparisons using a Holm correction.
category difference statistic p.value df
food 0.2980846 8.569405 < .001 225.7896
house 0.2731477 7.743460 < .001 220.2414
utilities 0.2401407 6.898991 < .001 226.3962
healthcare 0.2270005 5.669447 < .001 153.6342
social 0.2057817 5.120351 < .001 147.2261
emotional 0.2097372 5.227148 < .001 151.7599
childcare 0.2141036 5.329452 < .001 147.0016
other 0.0923817 2.772139 .007 110.3118

By Week

Childcare

On average

Type of childcare (average)

Type of childcare (over time)

By week

Discrimination

Concerns for children (average)

Concerns for children (over time)

Caregiver well-being

The relationship between well-being and concerns for children is significantly different for Child with Disability caregivers

Child well-being

The relationship between child well-being and concerns for children is NOT significantly different for Child with Disability caregivers

Discrimination (average)

Discrimination (over time)

Caregiver well-being

The relationship between well-being and discrimination for children is NOT significantly different for Child with Disability caregivers

Child well-being

The relationship between child well-being and discrimination for children is NOT significantly different for Child with Disability caregivers